Originally Posted by tk13:
That's an oversimplification. Why would Minor take a $10 million option for one year when he can go into the free agent market and get a guaranteed multi-year deal? Especially when he was 30 years old and coming off his first season in 3 years? He would have been crazy to accept that option with his injury history, and risk not getting a long term deal.
Honestly I don't think Dayton would have offered him a long-term contract either way, but there was no way he was going to do it at the time because we were waiting on Eric Hosmer to decide what he wanted to do.
Which was another dumb fucking idea he had. Blow millions on Hosmer when the team was going to suck even if we had him [Reply]
Originally Posted by Coach:
Not just the catcher but the umpire's too. That ball looked like it was going to hit right in the middle of the ump's faceguard.
Yeah I don't know what that was all about. Is there something that's hard about seeing the ball there in the daytime? It was like the catcher had no idea where the ball was. [Reply]
Originally Posted by tk13:
Yeah I don't know what that was all about. Is there something that's hard about seeing the ball there in the daytime? It was like the catcher had no idea where the ball was.
No, I can see the fingers, based on my view from the TV, but it's not uncommon for a pitcher to miss the sign. Another must have been a communication problem. Catcher probably put down a 2, and the pitcher probably saw a 3. [Reply]
Originally Posted by baitism:
Soler watches a hanging curve for strike three and Lopez falls for a little league fake throw by the catcher and gets picked off third.
Yeah, that was brutal. If Soler turns on that hanging 83 mph curve, it's 10-6. Just awful all the way around on that play. [Reply]
Why in the hell did the Royals decline Mike Minors option...Now he has the 2nd highest WAR in the majors and is by far the best pitcher in the majors this year.
